Chicken Filo Packets with Dried Tomatoes and Basil Recipe

Chicken Filo Packets with Dried Tomatoes and Basil Recipe

  • 3/4 cup Safeway SELECT Mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup Safeway SELECT Verdi Shredded Parmesan Cheese
  • 3 tablespoons drained and finely chopped dried tomatoes packed in oil
  • 2 tablespoons minced fresh basil leaves
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • 6 tablespoons melted Lucerne Sweet Cream Butter or margarine
  • 6 boned, skinned chicken breast halves
  • Salt and pepper
  • 12 sheets filo dough (about 12 by 18 in.)
  1. In a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, parmesan cheese, tomatoes, basil, and 2/3 of minced garlic. In another small bowl, mix remaining garlic with butter.
  2. Sprinkle chicken to taste with salt and pepper. Working quickly, lay one sheet of filo on a flat surface, with the long side parallel to you. With a pastry brush, lightly brush it with garlic butter. Top with a second filo sheet.
  3. Lay 1 chicken breast half diagonally across the upper left corner of buttered filo stack. Spread top of chicken with one-sixth of the mayonnaise mixture. Starting with that corner, gently fold over filo and chicken one or two times to enclose. Fold ends in toward center, then continue rolling to enclose chicken like a burrito. Place filo-wrapped chicken, seam side down, on a lightly oiled, rimmed 12- by 17-inch baking pan. Repeat to use all the mayonnaise mixture, chicken, and filo, and all but 2 tablespoons of the garlic butter.
  4. Brush filo packets with remaining garlic butter. Bake, uncovered, in a 400 degree F oven until packets are golden brown and chicken is no longer pink in center (cut one packet to test), 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to plates and serve.